My personal opinion is that if total fans in use is less than 6. Use software. Even though AE 6XT or LT are kings of the hill. They are (in my opinion) total overkill for you. ASUS AI Suite as crappy as it is, is actually very good for fan control and setting up of curves.

I use the 6 XT for 20 fans and 2 pumps. Beautiful device. If you think its inexpensive then sure, go for it. I just think if you never intend to watercool its a little bit of a waste.

Also remember for future software updates from Aquacomputer now, you need to pay a yearly license fee.

Well, ia suite does not give me the controll i need, my gpu is the hot part, not the cpu. And with my mobo i cant input gpu temp to controll the famcurve based on gpu temp.
And allso it does not let me turn of the fans.
The goal is to get the pc as quiet as possible.

Well, ia suite does not give me the controll i need, my gpu is the hot part, not the cpu. And with my mobo i cant input gpu temp to controll the famcurve based on gpu temp.
And allso it does not let me turn of the fans.
The goal is to get the pc as quiet as possible.

My personal opinion is that if total fans in use is less than 6. Use software. Even though AE 6XT or LT are kings of the hill. They are (in my opinion) total overkill for you. ASUS AI Suite as crappy as it is, is actually very good for fan control and setting up of curves.

I use the 6 XT for 20 fans and 2 pumps. Beautiful device. If you think its inexpensive then sure, go for it. I just think if you never intend to watercool its a little bit of a waste.

Also remember for future software updates from Aquacomputer now, you need to pay a yearly license fee.

You need to pay a yearly license for aquasuite? I installed the 'trial', entered the license code for my PA3 and it activated. Am I going to have to pay for it next year?

I checked out their web page, and to my understanding, you get 2 year included with the unit, then if you want a new sw/fw after that you have to pay. But you can still run your old sw for as long as you want.

I checked out their web page, and to my understanding, you get 2 year included with the unit, then if you want a new sw/fw after that you have to pay. But you can still run your old sw for as long as you want.

Good to see they retracted slightly. Original plan was 12 month license validity.